My post today is a walk down memory lane for me (although this picture was taken before I was alive!). This farm house sat on the property that belonged to my grandparents. It can be found not too far from where I'm living now so it's a nice tie-in!
My Architectural August theme continues this week with pictures depicting the phrase "there's no place like home". When Jeff and I were dating and then engaged we always thought it would be so much fun to live in this house. However, my cousin was the one who actually got to do it.
Unbelievable! As I saw this picture in my thread my first thought was that makes me think of my grandparent's farmhouse! Then I read your narrative. How amazing! Beautiful old picture full of nostalgia!
@aikimomm Thank you Phoebe- only drive by, but it's fun to see it just the same. @pistache Thanks Clare! Not at all. The print was very old, probably from the early 50's and in black and white. I first cropped off the white edges from the scan. The picture itself was not sharp like many are today, so I did try sharpening it a bit, but it looked awful when I did, so I decided to go with it the way it was- that's how the "soft effect" was achieved (by doing nothing!). I then worked on the brightness and contrast, tweaking the sliders until I got the balance you see here. I wanted it to look more sunny and dreamy than dramatic, so I went for softer grays and whiter whites. That's about it. I don't know if that helps you or not. I don't use PS or the more popular photo processing plug-ins that go with it, but I'm sure what I did can be replicated in them. @thistle Thank you Joyce! @susale Thank you Suse! Most of that "effect" was already in the picture- perhaps the original photographer did not have such a steady hand! @grammyn Thank you Katy! Interesting that a place many miles away and in a completely different state can still evoke similar memories!
@grammyn Depends on what part of the mitten (o: My son and family lived in Tecumseh until this January. That was an 8 1/2 hour drive from the eastern side of Pa.
@grammyn They were just 40 minutes or so north of the Ohio/Toledo border. I think Grand Rapids was 45 minutes away from them. That's where my grandsons were born.
@pistache Thanks Clare! Not at all. The print was very old, probably from the early 50's and in black and white. I first cropped off the white edges from the scan. The picture itself was not sharp like many are today, so I did try sharpening it a bit, but it looked awful when I did, so I decided to go with it the way it was- that's how the "soft effect" was achieved (by doing nothing!). I then worked on the brightness and contrast, tweaking the sliders until I got the balance you see here. I wanted it to look more sunny and dreamy than dramatic, so I went for softer grays and whiter whites. That's about it. I don't know if that helps you or not. I don't use PS or the more popular photo processing plug-ins that go with it, but I'm sure what I did can be replicated in them.
@thistle Thank you Joyce!
@susale Thank you Suse! Most of that "effect" was already in the picture- perhaps the original photographer did not have such a steady hand!
@grammyn Thank you Katy! Interesting that a place many miles away and in a completely different state can still evoke similar memories!